VR MemoPa

This app is not a game.

This app is a learning support tool for practicing the method of loci, also known as the memory palace technique, using a virtual space and images.

In many mnemonic techniques, information is linked to places and images to create cues that help you recall what you want to remember.

With this app, you can enter keywords and image references in an Excel file and display them inside a virtual space.
This helps you practice connecting places with images, a technique also used by experienced memory athletes.

By placing information as images, you can review it using location and order as recall cues.
Even if you forget something, looking back at the placed images can help you recall it again.

Depending on your training, this app can be used to practice memorizing various kinds of information, such as the order of a deck of playing cards, numbers, texts, prefectures, historical names, or the arrangement of an 8×8 board with black and white pieces.

Main Features:

• Display a memory palace in a virtual space
• Create simple memory data using Excel files
• Use keywords, image URLs, or Google Drive image IDs
• View sample data
• Switch between images
• VR viewer support
• Gamepad support

How to Use:

Select “Memory Palace” from the menu to display the virtual space.

Use the directional pad on the left side of the screen to move forward, backward, left, and right.
Use the control area on the right side to change the viewing direction.

From the menu screen, select “Select Excel file” and choose a folder.
To use the sample data, select “Select,” then choose “Sample.xlsx.”

Excel Data Format:

Keyword | Image URL

or

Keyword | gdrive:id

Enter the keyword in the first column, and enter the image URL or Google Drive image ID in the second column.

When using an image from Google Drive, enter gdrive: followed by the image ID.

Examples:

Meat | https://example.com/image.png

Lipstick | gdrive:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Only one image can be specified for each keyword.
If you want to use multiple images, enter them on separate rows.

Supported image formats are JPG and PNG.
GIF is not supported.

Notes:

Very large images may not display properly due to insufficient device memory.

This app also supports VR viewers.
When using VR display, you can operate the app with a gamepad or similar controller.

Confirmed gamepad: “8BitDo Zero 2”.

Excel files are stored in:

Documents/VR Memory Palace/

Reference Videos:

Create data with a smartphone
https://youtu.be/2xfT_j_GwVE

How to create simple data
https://youtu.be/xlbb8akyYZg

App video
https://youtu.be/4vHh9wTzH6c